‘The border is not open’: US immediately replaces Title 42 with strict new rules

Title 42 carried no legal consequences, but now migrants will face being barred from entering the US for five yearsThe US late on Thursday ended pandemic-era restrictions at the US-Mexico border that blocked many migrants from their right to claim asylum in the US – but immediately replaced the so-called Title 42 restrictions with sweeping new policies designed to deter or even physically prevent people from crossing the border without permission.In an increasingly hard line from the Biden